Barr, Leslie Ronald
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Leslie Ronald |
Surname | Barr |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | DFC* |
Date of Death | 11-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas and Catherine Susan Barr. Husband of Lilian Elsie Barr, of Kingswood, Gloucestershire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7630 |
Markings | MG-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 12. D. 8. |
Epitaph | IN PROUD AND LOVING REMEMBRANCE "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 127 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 43627 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 7 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour Book |
Memorial Text | Remember here before God those of 7 Squadron who died in action in The Royal Flying Corps 1914-18 and The Royal Air Force 1939-45 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/99/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/99/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 10-09-1942 |
End Date | 11-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Dusseldorf. 479 aircraft, 33 losses (7.1%). PFF used pink pansies to accurately mark the target. 39 businesses in Dusseldorf and a further 13 in neighbouring Neuss were put out of action. Almost 1000 houses destroyed and 19427 people bombed out. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed SE of Echt, Holland |